Do you want to be a better and kinder person? Are you committing yourself to improve every day? If you nodded in agreement, then your heart is in the right place. Great! But even so, some habits that look good on the surface could actually be working against us.

Here are a few common habits that may be toxic.

After watching this video, you might wonder, how do you stop bad habits and make good ones? We have a video on that too: https://youtu.be/SYWGTuJdjho

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